What is the Difference Between Failure and a Setback?

Failure Or Setback?

Have you ever failed or made a mistake? Have you ever not hit the goal you were shooting for? Good, then this is for you. The fact that you have failed is proof that you are not finished. Failures and mistakes can be a bridge, not a barricade to success. Failure may look like a fact, but it is just an opinion. Successful people believe that mistakes are just feedback. It is not how far you fall, but how high you bounce that makes all the difference.

Four Steps To Rebound From A Setback

Remember That No One Is Immune To Setbacks - Everyone makes mistakes. Even the greatest athletes do not make the plays every time. Lance Berkman does not hit home runs every time. David Carr does not throw touchdown passes every time. Even Michael Jordan did not make every shot. The only perfect person who never failed was Jesus Christ - and face it, you are not Him! "Anyone who refuses to admit his mistakes can never be successful. But if he confesses and forsakes them, he gets another chance." Proverbs. 28:13 (LB)

Discover What Went Wrong - Failure is a great teacher, but it is not our undertaker. Failure is a delay, not a defeat. A successful person is big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them and strong enough to correct them. Ask yourself some questions: What went wrong? Did I not plan well? Did I miss something or have the wrong goal? What could I have done different? Find out what when wrong - then fix it!

Learn the Lesson and Forget the Details - When you learn what was wrong, make it right. Shore up your weak spots. Vernon Sander says, "Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, then the lesson afterwards." Experience is what you get when you are looking for something else. The experience of failure will always make you bitter or better. The choice is yours. The good news is that God has no plans that end in failure for His Children. "I will bless you with a future filled with hope - a future of success, not of suffering." Jeremiah 29:11 (CEV)

Do Not Give Up! - Do not sit out just because you have failed. Do no quit. You will probably learn more from your failures than you ever will by your success. Success consists of getting up just one time more than you fell down. "You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there." So get up and go on!

"Forget what is behind, and struggle for what is ahead. Run toward the goal so that one can win the prize! Philippians 3:13-14 (para)

What is the difference between Failure and A Setback? Just One Thing: QUITTING! So, Do Not Give up!